• Group forms to promote international New Urbanism, eyes Ukraine

    Team 11, named after a UN sustainable development goal, wants CNU members to have a more significant impact worldwide to address climate change and other issues. The group is looking to sponsor a pilot project in Ukraine.
    A group has formed to advance an international exchange of ideas that melds the Charter of the New Urbanism with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 11 (Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable). Called Team 11 in reference to the UN’s goal, the name is also a...Read more

  • CNU launches Charter amendment process

    CNU is launching a formal process to amend the Charter of the New Urbanism, it was announced in an On the Park Bench webinar . The CNU board will accept proposals for amending the Charter in October and November, 2023. Any CNU member can propose an amendment. Amendments will be voted on during the...Read more

  • A model for mall reuse in Portland

    It’s no secret that large numbers of US malls are in deep trouble, having lost anchor tenants, and many of them are in foreclosure. In his 10 th Anniversary edition of Walkable City , Jeff Speck reports that “Fully a quarter of US malls aren’t expected to hang on through 2025.” Some high-volume...Read more

  • Building community from farming, food, and walkable urbanism

    A bold vision of Agricultural Urbanism is now taking shape in British Columbia, 15 years after it was planned at the peak of the Great Recession.
    Agricultural Urbanism (a.k.a. Agrarian Urbanism) grew from a compromise—a grand idea that broke a political impasse. It was first proposed in a new urban plan in 2008 during the Great Recession. An innovative vision put forth at a fragile financial time, when so many projects went by the wayside,...Read more